Following the announcement of Bo Xilai’s life sentence in court on Sunday, Simon Denyer reports for the Washington Post that his final defense may have helped his legacy even as it hurt his chances at a lighter sentence:
The charismatic former Politburo member had surprised many observers by mounting a stout defense against charges of corruption, embezzlement and abuse of power at last month’s five-day trial, possibly in the hope that he might one day be politically